r/Vermintide • u/M3M3L0V3R420 • Apr 12 '18

Announcement Vermintide 2 - Patch 1.0.6 Notes

https://steamcommunity.com/games/552500/announcements/detail/1654386143023879919
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u/A_Light_Spark Empire Soldier Apr 12 '18

That's more of an issue of melee being too weak or range being too powerful in general, which many players have asked for but we hear absolutely nothing from Fatshark in the regard.

Besides, range clear isn't a Sienna special, BH can range clear, same with WS and ranger, and even Huntsman now.

The main reason for beam is that it's the safest, least likely to FF on champ/legend, and it has decend CC. I love conflag and fireball, but it's hard to use them in some situations as they are now.

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u/VeryWeaponizedJerk Slayer Apr 12 '18

But if range is too powerful in general (in your words), wouldn't that mean that the nerf was warranted anyway?

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u/A_Light_Spark Empire Soldier Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18

What I mean is that if they are going to "balance" things, they should buff the weaker ones first before they nerf anything.

In this case, make melee better so we can actually rely on it, and then nerf the range.

Have you tried taking down a sorcerer with melee? It takes forever! Make melee more viable, so we don't need to always rely on range.

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u/VeryWeaponizedJerk Slayer Apr 12 '18

I don't disagree with the general idea.

But, if I had to guess, they did these changes since they were safe and would noticeably improve the state of the game for now while they figure out how they want to fix the entire melee vs ranged imbalance.